BGCC Welcomes 2014 Brier Champions Team Koe Sunday
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Organization: Burlington Golf and Country Club Contact Person: Nancy Couture Communications Coordinator Telephone Number: 905.634.7726 ext. 255 Fax Number: 905.634.4843 Email Address: [email protected] BGCC Welcomes Web Site Address: www.burlingtongolfclub.com 2014 Brier Champions Date Submitted: April 9th, 2014 Team Koe BGCC Welcomes 2014 Brier Champions Team Koe th th Sunday, April 13 Sunday, April 13 422 North Shore Boulevard Burlington, Ontario L7T 3Z9 1:00pm to 4:00pm Kevin Koe and his Tim Hortons Brier winning team will be demonstrating their skills with the curling members of Burlington Golf and Country Club in the Team Koe Challenge. The event will begin at one o’clock and run until four o’clock. Two three-end mini games to determine a winner will be followed by a question and answer period and an autograph session. Members of the local media are invited to take pictures, video and ask the team questions. “On March 9 in Kamloops British Columbia, Kevin Koe and his Alberta team scored triples in the second, fifth and seventh ends to roll to a 10-5 win over John Morris of B.C. to win the Tim Hortons Brier. It is Alberta’s 26th Brier title, just one behind the all-time leader, Manitoba. The Koe team will have their names added to the Brier Tankard, earn $40,000 and 45 Canadian Team Ranking System points and become Team Canada. They earn automatic berths at the 2014 world championship March 29-April 6 in Beijing, China, the 2014 Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft and Nolan Thiessen Canada Cup, December 3-7 in Camrose, Alberta, the 2015 World Financial Group Continental Cup, January 8-11 in Calgary and the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier February 28-March 8 in Calgary.” (Source:http://www.curling.ca/2014brier-en/2014/03/09/ alberta-captures-gold-medal-at-2014-tim-hortons-brier/ ) For more information contact: Wayne Gratton, Curling Manager Burlington Golf and Country Club [email protected] 905.634.7726 ext. 236 Kevin Koe, Pat Simmons, Carter Rycroft, Nolan Thiessen, Jamie King and John Dunn.